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"It's an RNC event, but not one to endorse any candidate or party," a source tells E! News. "The Tampa Tribune's Web site has a detailed schedule of events for next week--I believe Journey and also Zac Brown (also on Thursday) are described as 'non-partisan' but they aren't aware of any of the details themselves. To Journey, it's simple, one of hundreds of private [events] they get hired to do."

And the price tag for such a gig seems pretty steep.

Our source also confirms that the band was paid a whopping $500,000 to perform.

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Kid Rock and Trace Adkins are also scheduled to perform at private events during the convention.